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Monday ...... Morar: 10.15 am Tuesday Our Lady of Aberdeen ...... Mallaig: 5.00 pm Parish of St. Mary’s, Arisaig & St. Donnan’s, Isle of Eigg Wednesday ...... Arisaig: 10.15 am Parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour & St Cumin’s, Morar St. Patrick’s, Mallaig & St. Columba’s, Isle of Canna Thursday St Benedict ...... Mallaig: 10.15 am

Friday ...... Morar: 10.15 am Saturday ...... Arisaig: 10.15 am 14th Sunday of the Year (C) 7th July 2019 Sunday Masses 13th July / 14th July (15th Sunday of the Year - C) R) Cry out with joy to , all the earth. Alleluia, alleluia! I call you friends, says the Lord, because I have made known to you Saturday (Vigil-Mass) 6:00 pm ...... Morar everything I have learnt from my Father. Alleluia!

Sunday 10:00 am ...... Arisaig VISITORS: We welcome all the Visitors to our area. Hope you have a nice and pleasant stay. If you like our Sunday 11:30 am ...... Mallaig Parishes, please follow our page on Facebook! Special welcome to Paul and Brigid May, my good friends from Cmabuslang, who are staying with me over the weekend. SEA SUNDAY: is when we have the opportunity to remember and pray for seafarers, their families and all who Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: support them. On Sea Sunday some Catholic Churches around the UK take up a second collection with all funds raised going to the Apostleship of the Sea to support our work. It is a day of remembrance, prayer and Morar: after Mass on Friday celebration, and an opportunity to think about and thank those seafarers who work tirelessly throughout the year . bringing us goods we often take for granted. Please give generously and remember seafarers in your prayers. Sacrament of Reconciliation (unless announced otherwise): Thank you. To donate online please visit www.apostleshipofthesea.org.uk. We do not hold a second collection st in our Parish today. 1 Saturday of the month 10:30 am ...... Arisaig SPECIAL COLLECTIONS: Our next Special Collection on 20th/21st July will be for the Bishop’s Fund 3rd Saturday of the month 5:00 pm ...... Mallaig (please, use the envelope by ticking the correct box). Following will be a Collection for Sick & Retired Priests on th nd th th 11 August (please, use the envelope by ticking the correct box). 2 , 4 , 5 Saturday of the month 5:00 pm ...... Morar YOUTH TRIP: We were talking recenlty a lot about getting some of our youngesters more involved and appreciated in the Parish. An idea was born to organise a trip for them. I would like them to decide where and Housebound visits this week ...... ………….Morar what is the best thing to do, but to do so, we have to meet and discuss it. I will be announcing date and time COLLECTIONS: shortly. I am also looking for possible funding to help with the costs of the trip. It will be for High School level Morar/Mallaig: only. 23.06 ...... £426 (including £290 of Gift Aided Donations) FOOD BANK NEEDS OUR HELP: Please, continue with your generosity! The Trussell Trust, which runs Peter’s Pence ...... £205 135 food banks across Scotland, said 6,551 parcels - with three days worth of food - were given to children in Arisaig: 23.06 ...... £305.95 (including £181.95 of Gift Aided Donations) Scotland during the summer holidays last year. That's a 21% increase on the number of food parcels given out Peter’s Pence ...... £87.50 during the previous summer. Food banks help many children whose family can't always afford things. For those families, food banks are really helpful to make sure children and adults eat properly. ANNIVERSARIES/MM: Mairi MacMaster (Mingarry - died recently); Helen McGeough ANNIVERSARIES - SUMMER BREAK: As you have probably realised, I am not the best holidaymaker 03.07; Alastair ‘Jumbo’ MacLean (Arisaig) 07.07.2018; Sandy MacVarish (died priest, as I love the area and work in the Parish. But I was recenlty reminded by my Spiritual Director, that as much as I need a break, my parishioners also require a break from me. So I will be going away on holiday from recently); Derek MacMillan (Birthday Anniversary 30.07). 24th July till 7th August which means that the Newsletter on Sunday, 21st July will be a 3-week edition. If you would like your Anniversaries to be included, either deliver them before or I will include them in the following edition which will be on 11th August. Fr Willy Slavin will provide supply from 25th July till 31st July and Fr Tom Eternal rest… MacCarte CSSR will be staying in Morar from 31st of July till 7th August to provide cover. CANNA TRIP: It was a good sailing last Wednesday to Canna and there was a good turnout at Mass. Some of our mainland parishioners joined me on the trip. It was good to meet Magda and see the MacKinnons there. LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH is organising a meeting with Andres Segovia, the principal of the Christian School Parish Priest: Fr Stanislaw J. Pamula, Chapel House, Morar, Mallaig. PH40 4PB. in Camiri, Bolivia. Some of the local people sponsor pupils in that school. You can find out more about it in Tel. (01687) 462201 E-mails for Arisaig [email protected] or for Morar Parish [email protected] Astley Hall on July 9th at 7pm. Refreshments available. Parish website: catholicroughbounds.org or facebook.com/catholicroughbounds WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OTHER PARISHES? St. Peter’s Parish, Daliburgh has almost concluded its celebrations for 150th anniversary. With the Church re-roofed, new lighting installed and redecorated it has been a busy year! They will end their celebrations with a Mass at which Bishop Brian will preside on Thursday 11th July at 7 p.m. Card. Newman, Sister Thresia of India and 3 others soon to be WE PRAY FOR THE SICK: There are a lot of people not well at the moment and require our constant is holding an Ordinary Public Consistory on July 1 to vote on the of five Blesseds. prayers and support. By Robin Gomes from VaticanNews Almighty and Eternal God, You are the everlasting health of those who believe in You. Hear us for Your sick servants for whom we implore the aid of Your tender mercy, that being restored to bodily health, they may give thanks to You in Your Church. Pope Francis has called an Ordinary Public Consistory of Cardinals in next week to decide on the Through Christ our Lord. canonization of five Blesseds, including Cardinal of England and Sister Mariam Thresia of India. ARISAIG PARISH: EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR CHAPEL HOUSE WINDOWS: Due to damage, decision was made to The Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff released a note on Thursday saying the Pope order replacements. As this is an unexpected expense, we currently do not have sufficient funds and have to look will preside over the celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours and an Ordinary Public Consistory in the Vatican’s for resources. Any help that you can give toward this project would be extremely helpful. At the moment, we Clementine Hall on July 1 for the canonization of the following: have estimated income from let at £4000. I know how good you have been in the past and hope that you would support us again. I have not received any donations toward the windows yet. I know that in such moments the - English Cardinal John Henry Newman, founder of the Oratory of Philip Neri in England; thought is to contact the Diocese, but I would like to remind you that in Argyll and the Isles, each Parish has to be self-sufficient and there is no other funding of our Parish other than our own and donors who wish to support - Italian Sister Giuseppina Vannini (born Giuditta Adelaide Agata), founder of the Daughters of Saint Camillus; it. SOUP AND SANDWICHES IN ASTLEY HALL: We have booked Astley Hall for 25th of July to organise - Indian Sister Mankidiyan, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy a fundraiser for the Parish. Please invite as many people as possible to come. I would also like to ask you for Family; some help with baking/cooking. I am very sorry that due to my travel arrangements, I will not be able to be there on the day. It was the only available day to book and my holiday was already booked. I will however make - Brazilian Sister Dulce Lopes Pontes (born Maria Rita) of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the a cheesecake as I am leaving the day before! Please mark this day in your diary. Anne MacMillan will be of the Mother of God; coordinating the event. CHURCH PIPES/HEATING: The work on the Pipes will begin at the end of August. My thanks to Jamie - of , virgin of the Third Order of Saint . and Henry Young for taking on this task. Also, many thanks to Douglas MacKellaig and MacKellaig Builders for his help with the floor. We have to look at the possibility of resolving the issues with the floor. This will depend Pope Francis on February 12 authorized the promulgation of decrees regarding a miracle each attributed to the on the generosity of our donors. I will keep you updated on the matter as soon as we have some outcome. intercession of Cardinal Newman and Sr. Maria Teresa, clearing them for sainthood. MORAR PARISH: CHURCH LOTTERY: Have you bought your ticket today? It is a great way of showing support. Cardinal Newman will soon become Britain's first new saint since the canonization of St. John Ogilvie by Pope FUNDRAISING EVENTS: We have set a date for Parish Lunch in Mallaig & Morar Community Hall on Saint Paul VI in 1976. The previous group of English saints, 40 martyrs of the Reformation, were declared saints Sunday, 25th August 2019. Please mark this day in your diary. There will be a Raffle associated with Facebook in 1970. Page with a main prize of a brand-new iPad. My thanks for this donation. Details will come soon. BINGO: Prizes started to appear. We already have a Hotel Weekend with Dinner for 2. Bingo will probably Born in London on 21 February 1801 and died in Edgbaston on 11 August 1890, Card. Newman was an Anglican take place at the end of September / beginning of October. priest who later converted and became a Catholic priest and cardinal. The noted theologian and poet was an important figure in the religious history of England of his time.

He was one of the leading figures of the Oxford Movement that originated at Oxford University in 1833, which sought to link the Anglican Church more closely to the Roman . He is revered by both the Catholic as well as the Anglican Churches.

As a Catholic priest, he founded the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in Edgbaston, England.

Pope Benedict XVI beatified Cardinal Newman on 19 September 2010, in Birmingham, England.

One of the best known works of Card. Newman is the hymn and poem, “Lead kindly light.”

Sister Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan, a member of the India-based Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, was born in Puthenchira on 26 April 1876 and died in Kuzhikkattussery on 8 June 1926.

She is known for her extraordinary charity, with a preferential love for the poorest of the poor.

She was declared venerable on 28 June 1999, and was beatified on 9 April 2000, by Pope St. John Paul II in Rome.